Possible approaches for European Works Councils to digitalization processes: Making better use of information and consultation rights

Klaus W. West, Ulrich Hilpert and Francesco Sandulli

No 367, Working Paper Forschungsförderung from Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Düsseldorf

Abstract: The working paper uses the example of digitalization to showcase how European Works Councils can further develop their participation practices in companies and their various locations. There is both room and need for improvement in organizing decent digital work and in the use of information and consultation rights by European Works Councils. It is possible to resolve the contradiction between what is and what should be when European Works Councils improve their knowledge about digitalization practice with a digitalization checklist and specific questions. Targeted processing and presentation of this knowledge lets them enhance their position in relation to company management.

Keywords: digital transformation; co-determination; workers' representatives; EWC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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